Drive-saw



(No Model.)

G. T. SHEPLEY.

`13mm SAW.

N0.'398,350. Patented Feb. 19,1889.

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UNiTED STATES Pertini* GRANVILLE T. SHEPLEY, OF 'l`O`i\'NSl'lXD, MASSi-XCHSETTS.

DRIVE-SAW.

`SPIECIFCA'JI0N forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,350, dated February 19, 1889.

Application tiled October 3, 1888. Serial No. 287,124. RN@ model bf Townsenthin the county of Middlesex and ifo State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvementin Drive-Saws, which invention I will describe as follows, reference being -had to the accompanying drawings, gwhiehform a part ot this specification., like letters indicating liks parts in the different iigures thereof.

Figure lot t-he drawings'is a side elevation showing my saw in position forwork. Fig'. 'z2 is a top plan showing; the saw in a similar position. saw immediately afterithas been driven into a board; p and Figz is a view in perspective showing the saw in position foruse, but withd the saw not carried out to itsfull length.

'that it can be driven into aboard or other articleandthen be used to saw la piece out of fsueh article, thus avoiding the necessity of boring a hole in said article before commencfing to'saw.

.A is a saw, and B the handle thereof, said sasrtnrning within said handle upon the pivot Gr.` twill be observed that the saw comes to4 -a sharp point at the outer end, which feature appears in the drawings, except in Fig. i, ywhich iig'ure is notcarried out to its full len gt-h. The sawis concaved on both sides (one side being thus shown in Fig. i) to prevent pinche ing when in operation, and thus obviate the necessity of setting the teeth for that purpose. The 'saw could be made and used with teeth upon only one side; but it is obvious that to have them uponboth sides, as shown in the drawings, makes a much more eit'ect-ive instrument.

In Fig. l appears the slide D inthe position d p for holding' the saw A firmly wh en sawing', and the dotted lines show the slide drawn back,

as it, is when the saw is in the position shown in Fig'. 3.

The operation oi my invention is as follows: The slid(` D is first drawn back, as above described. The saw is then turned upon the pivot G to at or near' a right angle with the handle B. A blow -is then-struck with some suitable instrument upon the Vend E of the saw, driving the sawinto the'board D', as

shown in Fig. f3; the handle B is again turned to a position inline with the saw A; the slide l) is pushed down to hold the saw and handle i firmly together, as before described, and the Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the-1 operator is ready to saw a piece out ot the board or other article. y

`When the tool is not inuse, the slide D can be moved back, and the saw turned upon the pivot G until itis in line with and wit-hinf the han- M y invention consists inasaw so constructed die B. The slide can then be' moved far enough to hold the saw in vthis position, and the tool The handle herein dcscribml and shown is a good and convenient one for the purpose described; but other handles maybe adopted that would answer the purpose. My invention'consists inthe saw only, as described.

"What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent., is-

A drive-saw provided with two sets of teeth, said saw coming,` to a point at its cuter end and conceived upon both sides, the saw being` movable upon a pivot within the handle thereof, substantially in the manner described and shown, and for, the purposes sci l'orth.

GRANVILLE 'l`. SHEPLEY.

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'FnANcis M. BoU'rwnLL, 'HARRY A. STONE. 

